Supplemental coat-pocket.



No. 745,927. PATENTED DEC. 1, 1903. J. A. SWEENEY. SUPPLEMENTAL GOAT POCKET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28. 1903.

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UNTTED STATES Patented December 1, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

SUPPLEMENTAL COAT-POCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,927, dated December 1, 1903.

Application filed February 28, 1903. Serial No. 146.581. (No model.)

To all 2072/0722, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. SWEENEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Supplemental Coat-Pocket, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a supplemental pocket intended to be detachably secured to the garment in the ordinary pocket, said supplemental pocket being particularly adapted to the use of street-car conductors, carpenters, lathers, and the like.

Conductors are obliged to carry their change in their coat-pockets, and the weight of the coin soon wears out the pocket, and the constant friction of the hand passing into and out of the pocket wears away the faces of the garment adjacent the mouth of the pocket. This is also true of carpenters and lathers, who carry their nails in pockets, and it is with the object of saving the ordinary pocket and garment from wear that I have devised my present construction of supplemental pocket.

Another object of the invention is to make the supplemental pocket detachable, so that it can be removed from the garment when the conductor is not on duty or the carpenter and lather not working.

Another object is to so secure the supplemental pocket that it cannot be surreptitiously removed from the pocket proper.

With these objects in view my invention consists of a supplemental pocket, of leather or similar material, arranged in the ordinary pocket or pocket proper of a garment, secured at the bottom to the said pocket proper by means of fastening devices passing through the corners of the supplemental pocket and through the inner side of the pocket proper and lining of coat, said supplemental pocket having an inner flap, which is secured to the face of the garment above the mouth of the pocket, and also an outer flap, which is folded over the edge of the mouth of the pocket and secured to the face of the garment below the mouth of the pocket.

The invention consists also in making all these connections detachable and also in providing a dividing-partition within the supplemental pocket, dividing the said supplehaving the opposite side, one face of the pocket being turned back to show the dividing-partitions and eyelets. Fig. 4 is a sectional View of ordinary and supplemental pockets and portions of the garment, and

Figs. 5 and 6 show the fastening means in detail.

The supplemental pocket A is preferably made of leather, though any suitable material may be employed, and in making the same I use one or two pieces of material A and A for the inner and outer sides of the pocket, said sides being sewed together at the edges, as shown at A nearly to the top. The portion of the side A above the stitching forms a flap B, and the portion of the side A forms a flap O, the flaps thus being formed as extensions of the side pieces, thereby presenting a smooth continuous surface and avoiding the necessity of a line of stitching across the same.

In practice I prefer to divide the supplemental pocket longitudinally with two compartments by means of a partition D, which is placed between the pieces A and A and preferably sewed with its edges, except the top, between them,-said partition being considerably shorter than the side pieces. This partition divides the supplemental pocket, so that the conductor can keep the large and small coins separated and the carpenter and lather the large and small nails separateL' The top of the partition is preferably hemmed, as by folding its edge and securing it upon itself, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The supplemental pocket is inserted in the pocket proper with the top of the stitching substantially even with the top of the pocket and the flap B secured to the face of the garment above the mouth of the pocket by passing fasteners E through the said flap and through the garment, suitable eyelets E and E being fixed in the flap and garment. The flap 0 is folded over the edge of the pocket proper and fastened to the garment below the mouth of the pocket by means of a fastener F, passing through eyelets F and F fixed in the flap and garment. To prevent the supplemental pocket being surreptitiously taken from the pocket proper, I secure it by means of fasteners G, which are passed through the lower corners of the supplemental pocket, preferably the inner side thereof, and through the inner side of the pocket proper, eyelets G and G being provided. Any suitable construction of fasteners may be employed, and in Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown two suitable forms E and E The eyelets and fasteners are preferably colored to match the color of the supplemental pocket and garment, so that they will not be noticed, and when the supplemental pocket is removed the eyelets being dark or colored like the garment will not be noticeable.

All the weight carried by the supplemental pocket will be supported by the pocket proper, as the said supplemental pocket rests upon the bottom of the pocket proper.

A supplemental pocket constructed and a r-' ranged as herein shown and described will effectively accomplish all of the objects hereinbefore mentioned.

If desired, the pocket can be permanently connected to the coat.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A supplemental pocket comprising front and rear portions and a partition, said portions being secured together at their edges except the top and the union at the side edges terminating at a point below the top whereby two extensions are produced, each forming a flap and provided with means for securing it to a garment, and the top of the partition terminating at a point below the top of the pocket.

2. A supplemental pocket comprising front and rear portions and a partition between them, the edges of said portions and the par= tition being secured together by a row' of stitching along the edges except at the top,

the stitching terminating at a point below the top of said portions whereby each portion is provided with a smooth extension to form a flap, each flap being provided with means for securing it to a garment and the top of the partition terminating at a point below the top of the pocket, and means in the lower corners of the rear portion for securing the pocket in position.

3. In a garment provided with a pocket, a supplemental pocket therein comprising front and rear portions and a partition, the edges of the supplemental pocket, except the top being secured together, and the union of the side edges terminating at a point below the top of the supplemental pocket and substantially even with the top of the pocket in the garment, whereby two smooth flap-like ex tensions are formed, one of which extends upward and is secured to the garment above the pocket and the other is folded downward and secured to the garment below the top of the pocket, and the top of the partition terminates at a point below the top of said pockets.

4:. A supplemental pocket comprising front and rear portions and a partition, the partition terminating below the tops of the portions and having its upper edge hem med and the upper edges of said front and rear portions being reduced in width toward the top and provided with fasteners and-the lower edges of the rear portion being perforated, said portions and partition being secured together at their edges except at the top, the union at side edges terminating at a point above the upper edge of the partition and below the top of the front and rear portions, whereby said portions above the termination of the union will form flaps adapted to be socured to the garment above and below the mouth of the pocket, respectively.

JOHN A. SWEENEY. Witnesses:

E. W. HUSSEY, HUMAN COHEN. 

